National Team & Olympics Representation (1996-Present)
Rutgers has produced some outstanding rowers in its history, many of whom have gone on to illustrious careers for their National and Olympic teams. Four Rutgers alumni found their way onto the U.S. Olympic Rowing Team for the 2000 Sydney Games, and seven more rowed for their country's teams at National Championships.
SHARON KRIZ
Kriz competed for the U.S. at the 2005 World Championships in the women’s eight, finishing fourth. Highlights of Kriz’ career on the National Team included a bronze medal at the 2005 Bearing Point World Cup in Munich and a silver medal at the 1997 World Rowing Under 23 Championships.
MAITE URTASUN
Urtasun won the 2002 World Championships as a member of the U.S. women’s eight. She began her elite rowing career while still an undergraduate at Rutgers, winning a bronze medal in the straight four at the 1999 World Championships. She made six consecutive national teams from 1999 to 2004, culminating with an Olympic appearance in Athens, Greece. As stroke of the Rutgers 2001 varsity eight, she led the Scarlet Knights to their third NCAA qualification. She was a two-time All-American with the Scarlet Knights.
JENNIFER DORE-TERHAAR
A 10-time national team member and two-time Olympian, Dore-Terhaar earned numerous distinctions as a world class athlete. In addition to rowing in the quad in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, she won silver medals in the eight at the 1993 and 1994 World Rowing Championships and stroked the U.S. gold medal eight in 1995. She returned to elite rowing in 2003 to once again represent the U.S. at the World Championships in the women’s eight.
LESLIE BURNS-RAWLEY
A member of the national team for two years, from 1997-99, Burns-Rawley competed in the single sculls in two FISA World Championships. She also took second in the 1999 Pan American games, as well as the 1998 Amsterdam Maas Holland-Bekes. She was the U.S. women’s single sculler for the 1998 World Championships, held in Cologne, Germany and again in 1999 in St. Catherine’s, Canada.
